The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially began this Friday, July 23, 2021, after the opening ceremony took place where the delegation of Ecuador was not complete with its 48 representatives due to different inconveniences for several athletes in their arrival at the Olympic village and in the case of the marcher David Hurtado, he tested positive for covid-19 and is isolated with medical supervision.
From 18:30 this Friday, the representatives of Ecuador will begin to debut in the Olympic event.
Now the tricolor are thinking about their debut in the Olympic event, so they prepare rigorously for it.
Adriana Espinoza de los Monteros was the first to make her debut in the sporting event, within the discipline of archery and finished in 62nd place out of 64 participants, with a personal best of 606 points.
Cuban pair in the spotlight as Marcelo Aguirre and Leyla Gomez exit the race - International Table Tennis Federation
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International Table Tennis Federation 17 Apr 2021
The morning of Saturday 17th April signalled the start of the much-anticipated mixed doubles event at the 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification tournament in Rosario, Argentina with a handful of fixtures from the Round of 16 getting play underway.
Two names who have been amongst the headlines in recent days, Cuba’s Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca Carrazana were amongst the successful partnerships from the session.
Jorge Campos (pictured) and Daniela Fonseca Carrazana strike opening round win (Photo courtesy of organising committee)
by Simon Daish
Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca Carrazana were the only pair to upset the seeding list, with the no.10 seeds earning an impressive 4-1 victory over the duo seeded three positions higher in Paraguay’s Marcelo Aguirre and Leyla Gomez (11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7).
International Table Tennis Federation 16 Apr 2021
Present at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Andy Pereira has failed to obtain one of the prize tickets for Tokyo 2020 on offer at the 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification tournament in Rosario, Argentina after coming to terms with elimination at the Round of 16 hurdle on Thursday 15th April.
Round of 16 exit for Andy Pereira (Photo: Juan Carlos Guzman)
by Simon Daish
Cuba’s Andy Pereira, no.11 seed, couldn’t build upon his early advantage in his meeting with no.5 seed Gaston Alto, as the Argentine hit back with four consecutive game wins to strike victory (10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9). Alto now turns his attention to another player who graced the Olympic stage in 2016 with Mexico’s Marcos Madrid prevailing in his match with Chile’s Gustavo Gomez (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-2, 5-11, 11-6).
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